- In this movie, I'll show you how to importinto the Exercise Files catalog that we madein the last movie, the Exercise Files for this course.If you're a premium member of the lynda.comonline training library, you have access to the officialExercise Files that I prepared for you,and you can download those from the course page.If you don't have access to those files,go ahead and use your own photos as practice filesto follow along with me through this course.Either way, I suggest that you put your Exercise Filesor your practice files on your desktop for easy access.

And, by the way, if you're downloadingthe official Exercise Files, don't forget to extract themfrom their zip folder.Now, let's go into Elements Organizer,so I can show you how to import the Exercise Filesor your practice files into the Exercise Files catalog.Here in the Organizer, down at the bottom right,you can see that I'm workingin the Exercise Files catalog that we madein the last movie.And I've clicked on the Media tab,which shows me the big, empty Media browserfor this Exercise Files catalog.Let's import the Exercise Files into the catalogby going to the Import button at the top left,clicking, and from the drop-down menu,choosing From Files and Folders.

That opens the window calledGet Photos and Videos from Files and Folders.I'm working on Windows.If you're on a Mac, your equivalent windowwill look a little bit different than this,but all the important settings will be there,just in different locations in your window.In this window, I'll navigate to my Desktop,if I'm not already there, and thenI'll go down and select the Exercise Files folderunder Desktop.I'll make sure that the optionto Get Photos from Subfolders is checkmarked.I'll ignore all the other options,and I'll come down and click the Get Media button.

And Elements goes about importing informationabout all of the Exercise Filesinto this Exercise Files catalog.Now, it hasn't moved the Exercise Files.They are still located where I put them on my Desktop.I just imported information about those filesinto this catalog, making a record and a previewof each of the Exercise Files photos,which you see here, in the Last Import viewof the Media browser.I'm going to click the Back buttonto go back to the regular All Media viewthat displays all the photos in this catalog,all the photos in the Exercise Files folder.

If you're following along with me,you can access the particular photos that I usein a movie, by going to the Folders panelin the column on the left side of the Organizer.By the way, if you don't see a column here,go down to the task bar at the bottom of the screen,and click the icon that will read Show Panel.I'll click the folders icon at the top of the columnon the left, and by default, I'll see this list viewof each subfolder inside the Exercise Files folderthat contains at least one photo that I've importedto this catalog.As you're following along, if you see me workingon a folder of files here in the Organizer,just click on that folder in this list.

And in the Media browser, you'll see and have accessto all the photos in that subfolder.Some of the movies will start not here in the Organizer,but rather, in the Editor, with some files already open.To prepare for those movies, in the Organizer,go to the folder that contains those photos,and select one or more photos and open themfrom the Organizer into the Editor.For example, let's say that I wanna open this photo.I'll click on it and the check mark indicates thatthat photo is now selected.If I wanna open another photo too,I'll hold down the control key,that's the command key on a Mac,and I'll click on another photo here.

Then, I'll go down to the task barat the bottom of the Organizer, and I'll click Editor.And that will open Photoshop Elements Editorto one of its editing workspaces.Mine happened to open to the Exepert Edit workspace.Yours may open to the Guided Edit workspace,the Quick Edit workspace, or even eLive.You'll wanna switch to the workspacein which you see me working in that movieby just clicking on its tab.For example, I'll click here on Quickto switch to the Quid Edit workspace.Then, at the bottom of all threeof these editing workspaces, there is a Photo Binin which you'll see thumbnails of all the filesyou've just opened.

If you don't see your Photo Bin, click Photo Bindown here in the task bar.This is a toggle, so if I click it again,the Photo Bin disappears, and if I click yet again,the Photo Bin appears with both those files open.And I can just click on the photo that I want to editin the document window of my editing workspace.I'll close both of these open filesby going up to the File menu and choosing Close All.And that closes the Editor and brings me backto the Organizer.And here in the Organizer, I'll click on eitherof the two selected files to remove the blue check mark.

So, that's how to import into the Exercise Files catalogthe official Exercise Files for this courseor your own practice files, and how to accessparticular Exercise Files to work along with methrough this course.

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9/25/2015

Get to know the powerful photo organizing, editing, and sharing features of Adobe Photoshop Elements 14, the complete solution for casual photographers who want to achieve professional results. Elements expert Jan Kabili first shows how to import photos into the Organizer. She then explains how and when to use each of the editing workspaces: Quick Fix, Guided Edit, and Expert Edit. Using Quick Fix, she shows how to crop and straighten photos, correct lighting and color, and apply effects. She also uses the Expert Edit workspace to build a layered file and create composites. Finally, Jan returns to the Organizer, showing how to find and tag photos; organize them by people, places, and events; and share them via email and social media.